Africa wary of new border war; Eritrea and Ethiopia could face UN sanctions if they don't take steps to avert war.(WORLD)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: December 27, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Abraham McLaughlin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA -- On the surface, the reasons for rising tensions between the African nation of Ethiopia and its tiny neighbor, Eritrea, may seem trivial. The two are on the verge of restarting the bloodiest interstate war in Africa in recent memory, ostensibly over a border town called Badme - a desert outpost with just 5,000 people.

But dig deeper into the precarious internal situation both regimes face, as well as the region's interlaced alliances, and it's clear the dangers of a reignited ...

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